Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions: Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic ageTrübner, 1870 |
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... Hymn addressed to Mitra alone . ( 6 ) Professor Roth's remarks on Mitra and Varuna . ( 7 ) The Indian Mitra and the ... hymns , -a metrical sketch . 77-139 . SECTION VI . INDRA . 77. ( 1 ) His origin and parents ; his wife . 83. ( 2 ) ...
... Hymn addressed to Mitra alone . ( 6 ) Professor Roth's remarks on Mitra and Varuna . ( 7 ) The Indian Mitra and the ... hymns , -a metrical sketch . 77-139 . SECTION VI . INDRA . 77. ( 1 ) His origin and parents ; his wife . 83. ( 2 ) ...
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... hymns which de- cisively show that Indra was superseding Varuna . 126. ( 12 ) Indra as represented in the hymns , -a metrical sketch . ( 1 ) Invitation of Indra to ... hymn to Surya . 162-170 . SECTION XI . SAVITRI . 162 . 165 CONTENTS . ix.
... hymns which de- cisively show that Indra was superseding Varuna . 126. ( 12 ) Indra as represented in the hymns , -a metrical sketch . ( 1 ) Invitation of Indra to ... hymn to Surya . 162-170 . SECTION XI . SAVITRI . 162 . 165 CONTENTS . ix.
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... HYMNS . ( 1 ) Sarasvati , Ila , Bhārati , Mahi , Hotrā , Varutrī , and Dhishanā . ( 2 ) Apas , the Waters ; hymn to the Sindhu , Gangā , Yamunā , and other rivers . ( 3 ) The Apsarases . 345. ( 4 ) Agnāyī , Varunānī , Asvinī , Rodasī ...
... HYMNS . ( 1 ) Sarasvati , Ila , Bhārati , Mahi , Hotrā , Varutrī , and Dhishanā . ( 2 ) Apas , the Waters ; hymn to the Sindhu , Gangā , Yamunā , and other rivers . ( 3 ) The Apsarases . 345. ( 4 ) Agnāyī , Varunānī , Asvinī , Rodasī ...
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... HYMNS FROM THE RIG- AND ATHARVA - VEDAS . 421 . Introductory remarks . 422. ( 1 ) Hymn to Aranyānī , R.V. x . 146 . 424 . ( 2 ) R.V. ix . 112 , on the variety of human aims . 425. ( 3 ) R.V. x . 34 , the gambler's lament , with ...
... HYMNS FROM THE RIG- AND ATHARVA - VEDAS . 421 . Introductory remarks . 422. ( 1 ) Hymn to Aranyānī , R.V. x . 146 . 424 . ( 2 ) R.V. ix . 112 , on the variety of human aims . 425. ( 3 ) R.V. x . 34 , the gambler's lament , with ...
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hymns in praise of the national deities , and being the productions of an age far anterior to that of Homer and Hesiod , represent a more ancient period of religious development than we discover in the Greek poets , and disclose to us ...
hymns in praise of the national deities , and being the productions of an age far anterior to that of Homer and Hesiod , represent a more ancient period of religious development than we discover in the Greek poets , and disclose to us ...
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abhi adhi Aditi Adityas Agne Agni Agnim Agnir aham Aryaman asmai Asuras Asvins asya atha Atharva-veda ayam Brahma Brāhmaṇa Brahmanaspati Brihaspati chariot chid cloth Compare A.V. creatures Daksha deities devāḥ devān devānām divaḥ divine Edited epithet father goddess gods heaven and earth horses hymn idam immortality Indian Indra Indro invoked Kāma king lokam Maruts mātā Mitra and Varuna mother naḥ nāma Nirukta oblation Parjanya passage Prajapati Prāna Professor Müller Professor Roth Purusha Pushan quoted rājā referred regarded Rig-veda rishi sacrifice Sanskrit Sarasvati sarvam Savitā Savitri Sayana Skambha Soma somam soul Surya sūryam Taitt tapas tasmād tasya texts thee thou translation tvā tvam Tvashtri Ushas Vāj vām Varuna vayam veda Vedic verse viii Vishnu viśvā viśvam viśve Vivasvat word worshippers yaḥ Yama yasya yathā yatra καὶ
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Page 62 - All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 37 - Aditi, an ancient god or goddess, is in reality the earliest name invented to express the Infinite ; not the Infinite as the result of a long process of abstract reasoning, but the visible Infinite, visible by the naked eye, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky.